Combined mast head and foot gears



(No Model.)

J. H. RUSHTON.

COMBINED MAST HEAD AND FOOT GEARS.

,Patentd Nov. 16, 1886.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. RUSHTON, OF CANTON, NEW YORK.

COMBINED MAST HEAD AND FOOT GEARS.

SPECIFICATION 'Zorminc art of Letters Patent No. 352,713, dated November 16, 1886.

Application filed June 19, 1886.

To all whom/ it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. BUsH'roN, of Canton, in the county of St. Lawrence and State of New York. have invented a new and Improved Mast Head and Foot'Ge-ar, of which the following is a'full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is tosave lashing the blocks, 85c, of mast-head and mast-foot gear to the masts of sailing craft of different kinds, and to secure a fixing or gear that will allow the sail, spars, and cordage to turn freely and without fouling.

The invention, which willbe found very useful on canoes and small craft, but which may also be used on crafts of different kinds, of any size, consists in swiveling devices ap-. plied to the head and foot of the mast, the same being made free to rotate about or around the longitudinal axis thereof, and having the blocks through which the halyards or other ropes run attached to them in a free or loose manner; also, when necessary, provided with rings or eyes for certain or special cords or ropes controlling the sails, substantially as hereinafter described. The blocks attached to these swiveling devices or carriers may either be single or double ones; or there may be more than one block to each carrier, and the blocks themselves have one or more sheaves, according to the requirements of the craft or its rigging.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents aside view of a canoe sail and rigging in part, with mast having my invention applied; Fig. 2, a view in perspective, upon a larger scale, of the mast with the same gear applied to the head of it,as shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a perspective view of the foot-gear of said mast. Figs. 4 and'5 are side views of portions of the mast, showing, respectively, the head and foot gears thereof, with the blocks forming parts thereof as containing two sheaves instead of one. Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of the gear used at head of the mast, fitted with two blocks in- Serial No. 205,659. (No model.)

of thecraft or its rigging, sothat it will onlybe necessary here to describe more particularly the mast head and foot gears shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, which will now be done.

A indicates the mast, B the boom, 0 the sail, D the bat-ten, and E the yard, of a canoe craft. For instance, 1) indicates the halyards, 0 the reef-lines, and d the lazy-jacks.

G is the gear at foot of the mast, the same consisting of a ring, band, or block carrier, 6, fitted to freely swivel or rotate around the mast between suitable collars or proj ections, f f, secured to the mast. This ring or band 6 has loosely or freely attached to it for inde pendent movement. as required, a sheaveblock, 9, for the halyards b to run through,

and also has loosely attached to it a ring, h, for the reef-lines c.

H isthe gear at head of the mast, consisting of a fiat angularlybent band or block carrier, 1', constructed to lay over the top of the mast and to project laterally downward in relation thereto, and fitted to freely swivel or rotate about or around a'stud or bolt, k, on the top of the mast in a central or axial line therewith. This band i has also loosely or. freely on the headgear and double or single or sev eralblocks on the foot-gear.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a mast-head gear for sailing craft, the head-gear H, having a bent band or block carrier, 2', adapted to swivel or rotate upon top of the mast and to project laterally downward in relation therewith, and provided at or near its lower end with one or more loosely or freely attached sheaveblocks, Z, in combination with a mast-foot gear having one or more freely-attached blocks and halyards, substantially as specified.

2. In combination with a mast-head gear fitted to freely swivel or rotate on and around the upper end oft-he mast, the foot-n1ast gear G, havingaring, band, or block carrier, e, adapted to encircle and to swivel or rotate around the lower portion of the mast, and provided with one or more loosely or freely attached sheave blocks, 9, together with means connecting said mast-head gear and lDfISli'fOOiJ gear, substantially as described.

3. The freely swiveling or rotating mast head gear provided with a projecting eye, in combination with the freely swiveling or rotating mast-foot gear provided with a reefline ring, and halyards connecting the same together, snbstantiall y as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of the mast A, the ringlike foot-gear G, having one or more freelyattached blocks, 9, the stud or bolt 70 on top of the mast, and the downwardly-overlapping head-gear H, adapted to freely swivel or rotate around the upper end portion of the mast, and provided at or near its lower end with one or more loosely or freely attached sheaveblocks, 2, and the mastfoot gear having a reefline ring, together with halyards connecting the said foot-gear and inast-head gear, substantiall y as specified.

JOHN H. RUSHTON.

YVitnesses:

A. T. MARTYN, Wonrrr CHAMBERLAIN. 

